Improvement in neckties and bows



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ELIAS WOODWARD, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

Letters Patent No. 92,921, 'datedlaly 20, 1869.

IMPRovEMENr 1N NECKTIES AND Bows.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.A

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ELIAS WOODWARD', of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings, and State of NewYork, have invented, made, and applied to use a certainnew and useful ImprovementA in Frames for Neckties and Bows; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the said invention, reference being had to the annexed drawing, making part of this specification, wherein- Figure l represents the front of the metal vframe;

Figure 2 is a plan of the same; and Figure 3 is a section vertically through the frame and bow Y Similar marks of reference' denote the same parts..

The object of this -invention is to connect the metal frame removably to the bow or cravat bya simple and cheap device that allows the frame to be applied at pleasure to any bow or cravat.

My inventioniconsists in a sliding tongue and band applied to the metal frame oi' the cravat, so that the tongue can b e slipped through the band of woven material that fo'ms the centre part of the bow, and then the end of the tongue is retained by a metal band slipped over the end of said tongue.

I v lso make use of a .hook to hook into the fabric of the bow, near the bottom portion, and a hook to take over the edge of the shirt-collar..

rIhe hooks that connect the frame tothe shirt-collar have usually been attached by means of a piece of Y India-rubber'elastic. This, however, is found to discolor the hook or plate by the action of the sulphur in the rubber, especially when the metal parts are silered, so that the goods are objectionable in appear- J ance and frequently unsalable.. I obviate this dithculty byuniting the hook to the" plate by a piece of tape, which formsv a universal joint for the hook, and a more reliable attachment than the rubber.

In the drawingv represents the metal frame, with the 'arms 1.1,A

that are to pass beneath the fold ofthe colla-rand the central portion 2, to which-the shirt-collar hook b is attached by means of the strip of tape c, passing through openings in vthe bottom ofthe hook and in the plate 2, the ends of the piece of tape heilig lapped and sewed together, so as to form a non-elastic connection of the hook and plate, and at the same time allow the hook to be turned aside in use, the tape forming a universal joint.

At the bottom ofthe plate 2 is a hook, 3, projecting:

upon the front side of the plate, to hook into the fabric of the bow (l, near the lower portion of the band 4, thatpasses around and forms the central part of' the fabric of the bow, as usual.

-The tongue e is made with a strap, 5, passing around and sliding upon one of the arms l 1 of the metal frame a, and 6 is a strap or. hand sliding upon the other arm of the frame; and these arms 1 lof the frame being widest towards their outer ends, prevent theirstraps 5 and 6 being pulledof', but allow them to be separated, so that the end of the tongue e is free, and it is then passed through between the band 4 and the body-portion of the bow, to attach said bow to the frame a,.and then the end of the tongue ev is secured by the strap 6 beingslipped over it. l

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patr; ent, is

1. The tongue e, and straps 5 and 6, in combination with the metal cravat-frame, as and for the purposes set forth.

2. The hook 3, outhe portion 2 Aof' the frame a, in`

combination with the tongue e, for connecting the bow to the metal frame a, asset forth.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my signature, this 5th day of August, 1868.

ELIAS WOODWARD. Witnesses: A l

Guns. H. SMITH, Guo.v T. PINCKNEY. 

